[BaseCamp] optimize

[saddle sore]

LOL.  Well, looks like I had the same experience as both of you guys.  Yes,
I am sooooo glad that I duplicated the route before using the Optimize
option.  But I learned that lesson the hard way.  I created this route,
with three dozen stops, and manually input into each site the number of
minutes for a Layover that I anticipated staying at each site.  When I saw
where the route would place me at dark, I decided to use BC's option for
reversing the direction to see where I would be at dark if I went
clockwise.  But I selected that option without duplicating the route
first.  I lost all of the Layover info and all the time it took for me to
do that manually.  Note to self:  Duplicate the route before selecting any
BaseCamp options for assistance.


On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 8:26 PM, <crasmussen at carolina.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm pretty much in agreement with Steve.  That said if you want to try it
> duplicate the route first so you can easily go back to the original.  I've
> found that I can normally "optimize" a route by examination on my own.
> I've seen an "optimized" route add 30-40 minutes to what I had started with.
>
> ---- Steve Bracken <twigg2324 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 14, 2015 at 7:15 PM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Is there an explanation somewhere of what BaseCamp sees as priority
> when it
> > > optimizes?  Just what is it that BaseCamp optimizes?
> > >
> >
> > Step away from the "Optimize" button.
> >
> > It doesn't work, or at least it has never done anything for me other than
> > mess up perfectly good routes.
> >
> >
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